> > Have you looked for them? The only really reliable way of telling how >many queens you have is by eyeball. > Robert Brenchley Of course, I realize this. I too have found multiple queens in my colonies...8 out of fifty in colonies I was requeening this July. The colony I was speaking of above I never checked. I was only trying to explain...to myself...why this colony was so strong with so many frames of brood at such an early time of the year. I may be wrong, but multiple queens seemed the best explanation. Mike